Pascal,
Simply a tremendous paint job. The paint chipping while more then I personally would have done, looks both realistic, and in areas that would have seen that type of wear and tear.

The overall effect of your paint application is a nearly perfect weathered and worn aircraft, that was exposed to the heat, humidity, and salt air conditions of the Pacific.

Joel

Good evening,

Thanks a lot Joel!

Weathering is still progressing.
It previous work patiently is refined until satisfaction... Not yet.







Start of the underwing:



More soon.
Pascal

I do like the chipping and the painted on markings

Hi,

Thank you!

Paint work is still progressing





... And decal job is starting:





The biggest are cut to avoid too much carrier film:







Decals will also be "weathered".

More soon.

Pascal

Pascal,
Your decaling is really coming out quite nice. Not a drop of silvering on any of those stencils. One thing that I did notice as I kept on looking at your pictures, is that you're applying full stencils on top of surface areas where you have the paint worn off. In actuality, the stencil should have been worn off before or at the same time as the underlying paint.

Some discussions by various crew chiefs and crew members all say that when most of the minor stencils wore off, they never repainted them, as it took too much time, and the stencils were irrelevant to start with, as they already knew where most things were located.

Joel

Hi,

Thanks Joel!
Paint chips will also be represented on the decals;)



Quick masking step with Patafix and Grey loaded in the gun!.







Just the start, but still progressing

Pascal

How in the world do you still have Aeromaster paints that are still useable?!

Gorgeous looking build.

Hi,

Thanks!
A pity that Aeromaster are not available any more...

Small update on the Grey part.
Mask off and first Weathering steps







Just oils Gris de Payne + Ultramarine deep and Burnt Sienna.

Without Patafix:









Need to repair a "f#@~%" mistake.
Quickly done... maybe to quickly, so...
But still naked...







More soon.

Pascal

Pascal,
Your weathering, especially on those sections on the bottom is just incredible. One question. Why the bare metal section? Is that meant to be a replacement patch, as I don't recall seeing it on any other F4U-1?

Joel

Hi,

Thanks Joel.
The alu patch is just here to fix a mistake I made...
So I cut and glue those two alu panels to hide it.
They now need to be painted.

Pascal

Pascal,
They look really good. Too good to just be a temp patch. Maybe you should leave it as is.
Joel

I like this idea, it has a nice texture to it, I'd be tempted to leave it, let it tell a story.